"There could have never been two hearts so open... Now they were as strangers"
--Persuasion
Mountain Laurel Elliot is like her name--she blooms best in the cool comfort of shade, hidden in the Kentucky foothills of Appalachia. Alone on her mountain, she lives a private existence with only her pottery--and her regrets--for company.
James Marshall had a secret dream and Laurel was part of it, but dreams sometimes...